Last-minute starting grid change occurs for Belgian GP sprint race

The qualification for the sprint race was scheduled on Friday. Oscar Piastri managed to take pole position and Max Verstappen ended up in second place. However, a change has occurred on the starting grid.

Alpine announced that Franco Colapinto will start the sprint race from the pits: ''Franco will start today's Belgian Grand Prix Sprint Race from the Pit Lane, after the team took his car out from Parc Fermé conditions.''

This means that Colapinto is set back only one place. The only driver beneficiating from this is Kimi Antonelli. The rookie had a disappointing qualifying for Mercedes and could not get past twentieth place, which is now P19.

Franco Colapinto 

Ruthless Piastri, Verstappen in second place

Oscar Piastri was ruthless during the qualification and outclassed everyone. Max Verstappen was ‘the best of the rest’ and came in at P2, almost half a second off the McLaren driver. Title contender Lando Norris came in third place.

Teammate Yuki Tsunoda had a disappointing result and only came in eighteenth place. The sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps is set to start at 12:00.

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